4-letter words containing a, m
- cdma — code-division multiple access: a digital technology used in mobile phones
- cham — a member of a people of Indonesian stock living in Cambodia and central Vietnam
- cima — Obsolete spelling of cyma (18th century).
- clam — Clams are a kind of shellfish which can be eaten.
- cmay — (operating system) A microkernel.
- cmea — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
- cmga — 1. (body) Computer Management Group of Australia 2. (body) Community of Massive Gaming Agency.
- coma — Someone who is in a coma is in a state of deep unconsciousness.
- cram — If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- cyma — either of two mouldings having a double curve, part concave and part convex. Cyma recta has the convex part nearer the wall and cyma reversa has the concave part nearer the wall
- dama — The game of Turkish draughts.
- dame — Dame is a title given to a woman as a special honour because of important service or work that she has done.
- damn — Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
- damp — Something that is damp is slightly wet.
- dams — Plural form of dam.
- diam — Alternative form of diam.
- dmac — duobinary multiplexed analogue component: a transmission coding system using duobinary techniques for the digital sound and data components of colour television using satellite broadcasting
- dmad — Diagnostic Machine Aid-Digital. A system for functional testing of digital devices.
- dram — dynamic random-access memory
- duma — (in Russia prior to 1917) a council or official assembly.
- dwam — a stupor or daydream (esp in the phrase in a dwam)
- eams — Plural form of eam.
- ecma — 1. European Computer Manufacturers Association, now {ECMA International}. 2. A subset of ALGOL. [Sammet 1969, p.180].
- edam — a mild, hard, yellow cheese, produced in a round shape and coated with red wax.
- elam — an ancient kingdom east of the River Tigris: established before 4000 bc; probably inhabited by a non-Semitic people
- emas — Edinburgh Multi Access System
- emea — Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- emma — (British, dated, WWI, signalese) M in RAF phonetic alphabet.
- exam — A medical test of a specified kind.
- eyam — a village in N central England, in Derbyshire. When plague reached the village in 1665 the inhabitants, led by the Rev. Mompesson, isolated themselves to prevent it spreading further: as a result most of them died, including Mompesson's family
- fame — widespread reputation, especially of a favorable character; renown; public eminence: to seek fame as an opera singer.
- farm — processor farm
- fema — Federal Emergency Management Agency: a federal agency that coordinates the response to disasters in the U.S.
- flam — a drumbeat consisting of two notes in quick succession, with the accent on the second.
- fmha — Farmers Home Administration
- foam — a collection of minute bubbles formed on the surface of a liquid by agitation, fermentation, etc.: foam on a glass of beer.
- fram — Ferroelectric Random Access Memory
- ftam — File Transfer, Access, and Management: an application layer protocol for file transfer and remote manipulation (ISO 8571).
- gama — Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- gamb — the foreleg of an animal
- game — an amusement or pastime: children's games.
- gamp — an umbrella.
- gams — Guide to Available Mathematical Software
- gamy — having the tangy flavor or odor of game: I like the gamy taste of venison.
- gaum — to smear or cover with a gummy, sticky substance (often followed by up): My clothes were gaumed up from that axle grease.
- glam — glamour.
- gmap — GCOS Macro Assembler Program
- gmat — Graduate Management Admissions Test: a computer-administered aptitude test used as one of the selection criteria for admission into US business schools
- gmta — great minds think alike
- gnma — Government National Mortgage Association